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"I Would Have Figured It Out On My Own"
People assume I've always been comfortable on a microphone. I failed my ninth-grade declaration project. Why success erases the struggle, and the 1-to-10 page that keeps it honest.
I Don't Think the Universe Broke Our Dishwasher
Five things broke in four weeks and every one of them involved water. My wife says it was a message. I don't think a dishwasher knows anything. I took the prompt anyway, and it got me to admit three true things I had been avoiding since summer.
People Who Are Quitting Smoking Are Always Quitting Smoking
I quit for nine months. Three separate times. And every time, what ended it was a night out and a celebratory smoke. Celebratory. I'd banked nine months of evidence and then spent it as a reward for having banked it.
Why You Can't Hear It From the People Who Love You
Somebody who loves you has been telling you the same thing for years and it goes right through you. Then a stranger says it once and it lands like a struck bell. That is not a flaw in your marriage. It is how distance works, and once you see it you can stop being surprised by it.
The Thing About Patterns Is — You Can’t See Them While You’re in Them
Ever feel like you keep ending up in the same situation, different year? Same job frustration, same relationship dynamic, same stuck feeling? There's a reason for that. And there's a way out of it.